Mr. H. Wilsonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is yet in a position to make a statement on his talks with representatives of the Cotton Board about the recent missions to India, Hong Kong, 133W and Pakistan, for discussions about imports into the United Kingdom of cotton manufactures from those countries.
§ Sir D. EcclesI should prefer to say no more at the present than that Sir Cuthbert Clegg and members of the Cotton Mission, together with representatives of the Cotton Board made a detailed progress report to me on Tuesday on the negotiations with the industries of India, Pakistan and Hong Kong. Their report gave rise to many important points which I am considering with my colleagues.